Comment by aucisson_masque

one can't compare china and the uk.

china had leverage because of the manufacturing happening over there and the incredible market opportunity, UK doesn't have much.

technically i believe apple could get out of the UK market to provoke a backslash on the government.

If they concede, other government will use the exact same blackmailing technique and one can say it will be the absolute end of their "privacy" marketing campaign they spent so much money into.